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Washington, D.C. — Today, the House passed H.R. 485, the Protecting Care for All Patients Act, to ban federal health programs from…
Read More (House Votes to Ban Metric Used to Deny Care for People with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses)“It’s clear to me that we need to incentivize the development of higher quality drugs and improve purchasing dynamics without…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Hearing on Chronic Drug Shortages)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare…
Read More (CMS Follows Ways and Means Lead in Improving Seniors’ Access to Care)WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new Government Accountability Office report looking into the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process validates bipartisan concern of Ways and Means Committee…
Read More (GAO Report: Biden Administration’s Bungled Implementation of ‘No Surprises Act’ Surprises Providers with a Bureaucratic Nightmare)WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ways and Means Committee focused on listening to the American people, strengthening working and middle-class families, and…
Read More (In 2023, Ways & Means Committee Fought for Working Families)“The Lower Costs, More Transparency Act empowers patients and will lower health care costs for millions of Americans.” As prepared…
Read More (Chairman Smith Floor Remarks – House Debate of Lower Costs, More Transparency Act)WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House of Representatives today passed landmark bipartisan legislation to lower the cost of health care and…
Read More (Ways & Means, E&C, Ed & the Workforce Leaders Celebrate Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Lower Health Care Costs and Increase Transparency )WASHINGTON – Following a September hearing examining the fallout from the flawed implementation of surprise medical billing protections and an October…
Read More (Ways and Means Republicans Demand Biden Administration Follow the Law to End Surprise Medical Billing)WASHINGTON – The Biden Administration recently proposed a one-size-fits-all federal nurse staffing mandate, despite overwhelming evidence that such a policy would be virtually…
Read More (Smith, McMorris Rodgers, Crapo Press Biden Administration to Withdraw Unworkable, Unrealistic Federal Nurse Staffing Mandate )Nearly three years after President Trump signed into law the No Surprises Act, which contained historic new consumer protections for…
Read More (Ways and Means Committee Holds Roundtable with Biden Admin Officials on Failed Implementation of Medical Surprise Billing Protections)